Theory behind multiple shafts with different tips

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What is the theory behind using multiple shafts with different hardness of tips?

I know basically it is to adapt better to different types of equipment, but can anyone elaborate on it?

I would think it might be harder actually, because every shaft is different and so are the tips...
 
the word "poseur" comes to mind...

ace911 said:
What is the theory behind using multiple shafts with different hardness of tips?

I know basically it is to adapt better to different types of equipment, but can anyone elaborate on it?

I would think it might be harder actually, because every shaft is different and so are the tips...
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I know and play with many top level players. They all play their favorite shaft/tip combination that they feel allows them to play their best, regardless of how many shafts and tip variations they may carry in their case.

The many people that carry different shafts with different tips are doing so because they have tried these different combinations and found they adversely affected their play. So they carry them around with them for no real purpose other than to show them to those that are interested in listening to their BS on how they love them for such and such specific purposes. In reality they have just wasted a bunch of $ on finding out it didn't work.

Others have purchased "low deflection" shafts for their cues and thus have "left over" shafts that they never use anymore, but carry them around for lack of anything better to do with them. They also have the faint hope that someone "will fall out of a tree" and offer to buy them from them. They may also believe that if they ever sell their cue they will get top $ cuz they have multiple shafts for sale.

Whatever their reasons, the truth is that they have multiple shafts not by design, but by coincidence.
 
LOL. Thanks for the laugh! That was a very funny post, and also true in my experience watching other players over the years.

I personally carry one extra shaft with me. Its sole purpose is if my playing shaft's tip flies off in the middle of a gambling session, or I "accidentally" break the main shaft. Otherwise, it never gets used.
 
The second shaft exists because before the late 1960's tips often came off cues and most of the tips that were out there had a fairly lengthly break in period before they played well. The result was to have a shaft available for the inevitable emergency. In the 70's epoxies became available, tips got a lot better and though the need for a second shaft disappaered, they were considered standard equipment on custom cues.

Tips still come off on occasion but a new tip ready to play with can be installed and used in less than 10 minutes rather than a day for the glue and a week for the break in.

Very few people use their second shaft.
 
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I don't know about "mulitple" tip/shaft combinations used to BS/impress folks in the pool hall. But I have 2 shafts for each cue that I own... I try to keep 1 shaft with a "hard" layerd tip(Moori Quick) and 1 with a "soft" layered tip (sniper) the "hard" tip I used mostly for 9/10 ball, things like that. And the shaft with the "softer" tip I use almost exclusivly for 1 pocket. Seems to work out great for me and I know that there are some top flight players that also do something along these lines(different tips perhaps)... so to the poster that implied only bangers would do this I would have to politely disagree. BTW I hate low deflection shafts :grin:
 
ugotactionTX said:
...to the poster that implied only bangers would do this I would have to politely disagree. BTW I hate low deflection shafts :grin:
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It was pretty narrow minded, wasn't it!?

I have a soft/ hard pair in my case too. The reason is highly scientific: sometimes one feels better than the other.
 
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